Walls of Hersonissos 2013

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This photographic report was shoot at summer 2013 in Sevastopol for searching construction features of the defensive walls of Hersonissos.
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The block with bas-relief is not fit to the general masonry. Hersonissos walls 2
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The big lower blocks is laying on much smaller stones. Hersonissos walls 5
The big lower blocks is laying on much smaller stones. Hersonissos walls 6
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Square opening. Hersonissos walls 15
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Well manufactured edges of the block. Hersonissos walls 18
How it`s hold on? Hersonissos walls 19
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Square opening. Hersonissos walls 21
As ancient - as qualitatively. Hersonissos walls 22
The block with fragmentary bas-relief is not fit to the general masonry. Hersonissos walls 23
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The hooks of the big blocks. The more ancient masonry of big and well manufactured blocks without clay binder below. Then smaller blocks and much roughly manufactured blocks on clay binder up. Hersonissos walls 26
Strange bas-relief. Hersonissos walls 27
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Incut - why? Hersonissos walls 32
The niche of a took out block below the wall. There are no clefts in the wall between blocks. Hersonissos walls 33
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Very well manufactured facets of blocks. Hersonissos walls 35
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A local. Hersonissos walls 39
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The running chicken. Hersonissos walls 41
The running dog. Hersonissos walls 42
The traces of manufactured tool. Hersonissos walls 43
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The square notch on the big block - why? Hersonissos walls 50
The stone insertions without hooks - why? Hersonissos walls 51
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The stone insertion without hook. Hersonissos walls 56
The notch for brace without response one. Hersonissos walls 57
The notch for brace without response one. Hersonissos walls 58
The notch for brace without response one. Hersonissos walls 59
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The notches for braces without response ones. Hersonissos walls 63
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The block with rectangular notches do not fit to general masonry. Hersonissos walls 74
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Very well manufactured edges of the block. Hersonissos walls 76
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The notch for brace without response one. Hersonissos walls 78
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Square opening. Hersonissos walls 80
Square through openings. Hersonissos walls 81
On upper block trace of a circular saw. Hersonissos walls 82
The notch for brace without response one. Hersonissos walls 83
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The notches without brace. Hersonissos walls 85
The notch for brace without response one. Hersonissos walls 86
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A strange sign on end of the block. Hersonissos walls 92
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Square opening. Hersonissos walls 94
More square openings. Hersonissos walls 95
The beautiful place with ancient history.